BMP3003 Assignment: Designing a Game to Promote Academic Integrity

This assignment solution presents a game designed to educate students on academic integrity within a university setting. The game, titled "Draw Swords," involves spinning a wheel, identifying shapes in a book, and answering multiple-choice questions related to academic integrity found on corresponding index cards. The report outlines the game's design, setting, and rules, emphasizing the importance of academic integrity in universities to prevent misconduct and plagiarism. It also highlights the skills used in designing the game, including creativity, design, research, presentation, and problem-solving. The report concludes by providing sample questions used in the game and references supporting the importance of academic integrity in higher education. Desklib provides numerous resources for students, including similar assignments and past papers, to aid in their academic pursuits.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Game Design................................................................................................................................3
Game Setting................................................................................................................................3
How to Play..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
Instructions of game.....................................................................................................................4
Academic integrity is necessary in University.............................................................................4
Skills used in designing of game.................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic integrity is the moral code of ethical policy where students and staff have the
freedom to build new ideas, knowledge and creative works while respecting work of others. For
students, it is important to undertsand the value of academic integrity which involves honesty,
trust, fairness, respect and responsibilities and can be able to develop their knowledge in
effective way (Brown, Isbel, Logan and et.al., 2020). The University Campus have certain
ethical principles and considerations which is adhered by students and needs to practise the
ethics in definite way. It is important to prevent students to do not misconduct in their workings
and learnings and puts efforts to develop their own knowledge by maintaining the integrity and
should avoid plagiarism. The report will lay out emphasis of designing a game which provides
the knowledge of integrity and plagiarism. Along with this, it will discuss about why academic
integrity is important and skills which will use in desgining the game.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Game Design
Draw swords
Game Setting
The game is played with spinning wheel, index cards and book in which different shapes are
made. The spinning wheel have different shapes name like traingle, squre, circle, oval, rectangle
and cylinder. The wheel is placed on stand and each student have to come and rotate the wheel.
The shape name which pointed out, the student have to find the similar shape which is made in
shape book within the 10 seconds. After that the students have to answer the questions which
will be wriiten on the similar shape index cards.
How to Play
There are four teams and each team has four participants where the they have to come one by
one and spin the wheel. The index cards of different similar shapes will be placed on the table
which includes shapes like traingle, circle, oval, rectangle, cylinder, squre. Behind each card
there is a question which the students has to answer. The shape's name which comes on wheel
has to identified in the shapes book within 10 seconds and have to answer the question wriiten on
similar shape index card.

For example: If pointer stops on square shape, then the participant has to identify the square
shape in the book and have to pick the sqaure shaped index card and answer the question written
on it. Each card shape has different questions and no shape is repeated. The questions which will
be asked to the participants will be multiple choice based questions. Questions will be related to
academic integrity and will only give 10 seconds for identifying the shape in the book. There is
no negative marking for incorrect identification and no option for pass as well. The team who
scored higher comapring to other teams will be winner of the game.
TASK 2
Instructions of game
 There are four teams and each team has four participants and members who have to come
one by one and spin the wheel.
 Similar shape name cards has been placed on the table.
 No repeated questions is written on cards.
 Time is given to identify the shape within 10 seconds.
 The team whose score is more than other teams will be the winner.
 There is no option for negative marking for wrong answer.
 No option for pass as well.
Academic integrity is necessary in University
According to (Blau, Goldberg and et.al., 2021), it is important for an individual to
undertsand the role and concept of academic integrity in University. When an individual person
works at someplace they have to follow the ethics and rules which has been made over there.
Similarly, in University the students are responsible to practise all the rules and laws which has
been implemented at the University Campus. However, one of the major consideration should be
academic integrity which must be known by an individual student. Following the academic
integrity will help and support the students to avoid poor outcomes and failure in subjects,
assignment and suspension. Integrity allows to work in ethical way to do assignments and
learning in university. It is one of the best chance for the students to grow and develop their
knowledge and get excellent scoring in the classroom. Besides this, it is necessary to maintain
acdemic integrity which involves honesty, trusthfulness and fairness. Also, it safeguard the
univeristy reputation as well as students and creates the good creates a good examples for others.
Furthermore, what so knowledge and learning students get and developed reflects in their

personal and professional career and enable them to grow successfully. Through the proper
knowledge and undertsanding of the academic integrity, the students can pursue new ideas and
knowledge which is a base of foundation of successful career growth. However, practising the
integrity by an individual leads the person to create a reputated image in the future career.
As per the view of (Davis, 2022), people who do not follow academic integrity and its
ethics they lead to acquire the negative outcome on their personal and professional life as well.
By doing so, it increases the possiblity of getting terminated and suspended from the univeristy
which affects the career of an individual. Thus, it results the students to get poor marks and
scoring and shows that it is a total wastage of money and time. Therefore, it is important for an
individual student to must know about the academic integrity concept and can be aware of
misconducts and plagiarism. Hence, adopting the appropriate knowledge of integrity allows
student to work in fair manner from where they can create a well and good image in tehir
professional career. University sets rules and regulations for the welfare of the students and they
must learn and follow the ethics and principles to ensure the image created in society is fair and
loyal. Thus, academic integrity enables the students to work fairly in their studies which will be
very usefil and effective for their career growth and prevents misconduct in presenting the
assignments.
Skills used in designing of game
For designing of the game, an individual needs different skills and abilities to design it in
effective manner (Goddiksen and et.al., 2021). Here, demonstrating some skills which was used
in designing of the game and helped me a lot in planning and completing the game effectively.
Creativity: Creativity skill is used by me while planning and completing the game in appropriate
manner. From playing the game, I need to implement some strategy from where I can educate
and ask the questions of the academic integrity from where the students can be able to
understand the effectivness of the creative mind-set (Reedy, Wurm and et.al., 2021).
Design: Designing skill help and supported me design and create a game in definite manner. I
tried different types of applications for deisgning of game and also put much efforts to
implement the game accordingly. Also, I tested the game by playing it by my own and created
the poster of the game designing for better understanding.
Research: Research skill simply means collecting the data and information from the internet
which can be used to design the game accordingly (Lancaster, 2021). I got an idea of different

games where I can make the students to play the game and also can learn as well. I researched
and identified one of the best game which can be played by the students and can gain the
knowledge in relation to academic integrity.
Presentation: Presentation skill simply defines as presenting any information and data from
where the effective outcome can be obtained. In the designing of the game, I learned how to
create a presentation effective from which an individual can be able to understand the overall
games and display all criteria, rules and instructions for the playings. I decided to create a power
point presentation from where I can easily display and express the important points and make the
people to understand the game designing in effective manner.
Problem-solving: Problem-solving skill is used to solve the problems during designing of the
game where I faced certain issues and problems and analysed in such manner to identify the
appropriate solution and outcome (Stoesz, Seeland and et.al., 2020). I analysed that this skill help
and supported me a lot to identify the solution of the problem which I faced during designing of
the game.
Hence, the skills which I used for forming the game benefited me a lot in taking the
appropriate decisions where the proper knowledge and education can be provided by the students
by playing the game respectively.

Questions
Rectangle
Q1: Do you understand the misconduct act?
Yes
No
Square
Q2: Do bribe and cheating is also included in misconduct?
Sure
Not sure
Circle
Q3: What includes in academic integrity?
Awareness about plagiarism
Univeristy curriculum
Cylinder
Q4: An example of academic integrity?
Loyalty
Honesty
All of above
Oval
Q5: How academic integrity can be practised?
Reading syllabus
Communication with tutors
Search on internet
Triangle
Q6:Is obtaining higher marks also a way to maintain academic integrity?
Yes
No

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Brown, T., Isbel, S., Logan and et.al., 2020. Predictors of academic integrity in undergraduate
and graduate-entry masters occupational therapy students. Hong Kong Journal of
Occupational Therapy. 33(2), pp.42-54.
Blau, I., Goldberg, S., and et.al., 2021. Violation of digital and analog academic integrity
through the eyes of faculty members and students: Do institutional role and technology
change ethical perspectives?. Journal of computing in higher education. 33(1), pp.157-
187.
Davis, M., 2022. Examining and improving inclusive practice in institutional academic integrity
policies, procedures, teaching and support. International Journal for Educational
Integrity, 18(1), pp.1-20.
Reedy, A.K., Wurm, and et.al., 2021. A community of practice approach to enhancing academic
integrity policy translation: a case study. International Journal for Educational
Integrity, 17(1), pp.1-20.
Lancaster, T., 2021. Academic dishonesty or academic integrity? Using Natural Language
Processing (NLP) techniques to investigate positive integrity in academic integrity
research. Journal of Academic Ethics, 19(3), pp.363-383.
Stoesz, B.M., Seeland, and et.al., 2020. Creating a collaborative network to promote cultures of
academic integrity in Manitoba’s post-secondary institutions. Canadian Perspectives on
Academic Integrity, 3(1), pp.39-48.
Goddiksen, M.P., and et.al., 2021. Good friend or good student? An interview study of perceived
conflicts between personal and academic integrity among students in three European
countries. Accountability in Research, 28(4), pp.247-264.